Culture and Arts Notebook
Seoul City Awards 17 Foreign Nationals Honorary Citizenship
On November 26, 2025, the Seoul Metropolitan Government awarded honorary citizenship to 17 foreign nationals from 16 countries in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the city. The ceremony, held at Seoul City Hall, was attended by Vice Mayor Kim…
CNFF-25 Concludes at Jyoti Chitraban, ‘Koli’, ‘Joba’ Adjudged as Best Short Film Features
Guwahati: Curtains came down for the 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival at the Jyoti Chitraban premise in Kahilipara on 30 November 2025. Distinguished guests of the closing ceremony handed over the awards along with the certificates and cash prizes to…
Dr Mohanty: Cinema must not be restricted to entertainment only
CNFF-25 Kickstarts at Jyoti Chitraban Guwahati: The 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival kicks off and starts at the Jyoti Chitraban film studio grounds in the Kahilipara locality. Dr. Sunil Mohanty, Asom Khetra prachar pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, inaugurated the…
Civil Society Groups Back Archbishop Uy’s Call for a Simple and Meaningful Christmas
28 November 2025, Quezon City. The Action for Nurturing Children and Environment (ANCE), a Cebu City-based non-governmental organization dedicated to children’s development and the integrity of creation, and the EcoWaste Coalition, a Quezon City-based environmental network for a zero-waste and…
Anihan: The Latest Rice Paintings of Hermisanto is now on Exhibit at Kapitolyo Art Space
November 26, 2025 saw the opening of Anihan* (meaning Harvest), the latest collection of Rice Paintings by Hermisanto. The singular artist who uses ‘Palay’ or unhusked rice as his medium of expression, it is a style that has become his…
HAIL HOLY EYES: A mid-career exhibition of Jigger Cruz opens at The M
This November, The M presents Hail Holy Eyes, a major retrospective tracing the evolution of Jigger Cruz—one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Philippine art. Featuring over a hundred artworks from 2007 to the present, the exhibition offers…
Waiting for a Spectacular Initiative called CNFF
Come 29 and 30 November 2025, the film buffs, cine critics and movie producer-directors of eastern India will have an unique opportunity to encounter film-works, dedicated to foster nationalism and paying homage to Bharat’s thousands years old civilization, culture and…
In the Company of Trees, Strangers, and an Ex-Con
by George Banez ”Oh, you weren’t even born yet the second time I went to jail,” said Tatang as he lounged on a wooden platform raised two feet above the dirt floor of the “cottage.” Made of bamboo, the cottage was…
Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 Concludes; 3rd PLF Awards Conferred on Dewri and Tamuli
Guwahati: The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 on 16 November, as two Assamese writers were felicitated in the valedictory ceremony at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the prehistoric city of Guwahati with the gracious presence of PLF…
Pragjyotishpur Litfest 2025: PLF awards go to Moneswar Deori, Srotashwini Tamuli
Guwahati: The Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025, concluding this evening at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city, witnessed four intriguing sessions on the second day, where the interaction with eminent actor and playwright, Prithwiraj Rabha, who spoke about his father, Kalaguru…
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